(Closed) Does anyone have any dark brown furniture in their living room with tan couches?

Hey guys! I’ve posted a few threads about decorating because that seems to be what’s on my mind right now…but I have dark brown end tables & coffee table, with tan couches. I love the open & airy feeling but I’m not so sure how you’d do that with the warm colors I have going on? Does anyone have these colors?

If you do have these colors, what accent colors do you use to accent & how well does it work?

We have tan couches and dark brown wood end tables. I think to make it look airy you should use cooler colors (ours isn’t airy… we have red and yellow and an oriental rug) like a lighter blue or aquas/greens with darker brown and tan accents. But keep the cooler colors light and neutral.

Ha ha! I have dark brown couches and a light brown entertainment center. Our wall paint is a light sagey-green. Not sure if that helps you any… You can seen the couches and wall color in the Houses thread but the entertainment center is different from the one in that picture.

Here is my stuff, the walls are a little more “vanilla” than I really wanted but by the time I had the paint on the walls I was SO sick of painting that I wasn’t about to change it. Eventually I will 😉 I love our light sofas and the contrast with the dark wood. Oh, and don’t mind Lucy, she just wanted to show you how comfy the couch is, haha!

Thank you ALL so much! I love the rug & the picture with the doggie 🙂 So adorable!! I’ve actually been scanning “warm living room” photo’s and came across this…it’s a little more modern for me but it gives me a basic idea of what I’m going for at least! 🙂

@Lees4308: I love the color combination of the cream, yellow and green! It is so beautiful warm and inviting. I have a lot of blues in my house and have been wanting to do a little more green, our bedroom is yellow, green, cream and then a dark cherry wood. It’s by far my favorite room as far as colors 🙂

I think the green is nice too. We’ve got dark brown furniture and beige sofas, and have used red as our accent colour because we have an oriental rug that’s mostly red. The blinds are white, so they seem to keep it fairly light and airy as well as the very high cathedral ceiling and massive windows. But I do keep getting distracted by sage/light green cushions and curtains etc 🙂

Our room has chocolate brown couches and tan walls/accent pillows. We used this set of postcards as inspiration for accent colors of aqua and pink. Just a few touches here and there but a nice way to add color. (

Have you checked out Young House Love? They describe their home’s color scheme now as, “’sea glass inspired’ since it’s full of soft creams, sandy neutrals, serene blues, and a variety of greens- all colors of old weathered glass that can wash up on the beach.”

So, when I read your post it made me think of their colors. Everything in their house is so easy, breezy and sounds a lot like what you are looking for, so I’m sure you could find LOTS of great inspiration from their site!

We have tan, dark brown (the end table, coffee table, and entertainment center, and throw pillows), and sage green – I’m going o add splashes of lilac or deep purple in there – just haven’t figured out what I wanted yet.

all our accent furniture is from Ikea in the dark brown they have and our walls are sky blue and all our artwork on the walls is in black frames…I LOVE the contrast and the cool dimension it gives to the room.

When I move in with FI we are painting our walls a light grey, tan furniture, dark accent furniture and all our decor will be light yello and green 🙂